The Job Search Process
by It outlines a series of exercises that will help your client explore and focus on career opportunities.
To one degree or another, your job search will probably resemble the process depicted below. It outlines a series of exercises that will help you explore and focus on career opportunities. Use this tool to organize and manage your search. Combining your resources with a meaningful self-evaluation and sensible organization can significantly improve your chances of accomplishing a successful job search
1. Complete Self-Assessment
What’s really important to me in my first job? What are my interests, skills and values?
What strengths and qualifications do I possess that would interest prospective employers?
2. Research and Identify~ Career Opportunities
Where are the job opportunities that fit my qualifications and goals?
3. Develop Job Goals
How do my qualifications and interests relate to available employment opportunities?
What’s really important to me in my first job?
4. Build Your Job Search Network
Who do I know that can help me with my job search? Am I consistently contacting them
for help in my job search?
5. Target Specific Opportunities
For which positions am I most qualified and possess a distinct advantage in acquiring? At
which companies can I reach my goals?
6. Conduct First Interview
How should I present myself in each interview? Do I remember to analyze each interview
to identify areas for improvement?
7. Prepare for Interviews
How should I prepare to best convey my strengths and qualifications for the position?
In what areas do I need more practice?
8. Prepare Resume/Credentials, etc.
How can I best present an accurate, appealing picture of myself in writing?
9. Refine Job Goals
What have I learned in my job search so far that might change my goals or approach to
prospective employers?
10. Site Visits and Second Interviews
What adjustments on my interview skills do I need to make based on my initial interviews?
How can I build on the success of my initial interviews?
11. Interview Follow-up
How should I track and follow through on interview activity?
12. Evaluate Job Offers
How does each offer compare with and meet my goals? What “trade-offs’ can I accept?
13. Accept a Job Offer
Notify your career center and other employers.
14. Congratulations!
Enjoy your job!
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